. >>> a small plane from novato crashed near a soccer field at a southern california university, injuring the man and woman on board. it happened near cal state northridge, faa official says the cessna was on its way to john wayne airport when it lost engine power over the san fernando valley. the pilot tried to reach van nuys airport but made the emergency landing at the university. the two people onboard are in fair condition. >>> a huge holiday weekend for both shoppers and retailers. 247 million shoppers win to stores and visited web sites during the four days, a 21 million person increase over 2011, according to the national retail federal -- federation. retail sales up 6.5 bill from last year. shoppers spent an average $423 per person. up next, cyber monday and expected to be the biggest online shopping day for the third greer a row. lillian kim is live at union square with a look ahead at cyber monday. reporter: union square has been a very popular spot these past few days. soon many shoppers will be hitting the web. cyber monday officially begins tomorrow. some retailers have alre